Toto's love for film leads to the destruction of priceless memories. In this scene: Maria (Antonella Attili), Toto (Salvatore Cascio), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret)
Toto's love for film leads to the destruction of priceless memories. In this scene: Maria (Antonella Attili), Toto (Salvatore Cascio), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret)
In between films, Toto sneaks behind the curtain to see Alfredo. In this scene: Toto (Salvatore Cascio), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret)
Toto is far more interested in the drama of the cinema than the drama in his classroom. In this scene: Toto (Salvatore Cascio), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret)
Alfredo goes about his work of cutting out all kissing scenes in the films he shows at the cinema while Toto watches on (and bothers him). In this scene: Toto (Salvatore Cascio), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret)
Salvatore receives difficult news about his friend Alfredo. In this scene: Salvatore (Jacques Perrin)
Alfredo shares his life lessons with Toto, hoping to dissuade the young protege from becoming a projectionist. In this scene: Toto (Salvatore Cascio), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret)
In the midst of an argument, Toto and Alfredo get interrupted by commotion in the town. In this scene: Toto (Salvatore Cascio), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret)
The audience is disappointed when certain scenes are removed from the movie. In this scene: Toto (Salvatore Cascio), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret)
Toto's love for the cinema gets him into trouble. In this scene: Toto (Jacques Perrin), Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), Maria (Antonella Attili)
Local boys, including 12-year-old Renato, marvel at townswoman Malena's beauty. In this scene: Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), Renato's Father (Luciano Federico), Malena Scordia (Monica Bellucci)
A grief stricken Malena must not only deal with her husband's death, but rumors of her already with another man. In this scene: Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), Malena Scordia (Monica Bellucci)
The town is in an uproar when they think Malena has been caught cheating with more than one man, but the rumors aren't necessarily fact. In this scene: Malena Scordia (Monica Bellucci), Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), Dott. Cusimano (Pippo Provvidenti)
As Malena walks through town on the way to her father's house, every man who sees her can't help but stare. In this scene: Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), Malena Scordia (Monica Bellucci), Professor Bonsignore (Pietro Notarianni)
When hearing rumors of Malena becomming a prostitute to survive, Renato passes out in public, causing his parents to react in vastly different ways. In this scene: Malena Scordia (Monica Bellucci), Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), Renato's Mother (Matilde Piana), Renato's Father (Luciano Federico)
Malena is the utterly unforgettable story of a boy's journey into manhood amid the chaos and intolerance of World War II. In a sleepy Italian village, Malena, the most beautiful woman in town, becomes the subject of increasingly malicious gossip among the lustful townsmen and their jealous wives. But only her most ardent admirer, young Renato Amoroso, will learn her mysterious untold story.
Renato's distracted fantasies of Malena get him in trouble at school. In this scene: Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), Malena Scordia (Monica Bellucci)
In an attempt to look older, Renato has a pair of his fathers trousers altered to fit him, but when his father finds out, he is irate. In this scene: Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), Renato's Father (Luciano Federico), Renato's Mother (Matilde Piana)